LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
St. Philomena
MOTOR BOAT BREAKS DOWN ON FISHING TRIP Bally cotton, Co. Cork. At 7.30 on the evening of the 16th September, 1962, the second coxswain told the honorary secretary that a visitor had reported that a boat was burning flares off Ballycotton....
United States Life-Saving Service
WE learn from the Annual Report of the United States Life-saving Service lately issued' that on the 30th of June, 1886, there were 211 stations, 165 being on the Atlantic, 38 on the La,kes, 7 on the Pacific, and 1 at the Falls of the...
Category: Articles
The Motor Fishing Coble Jean and Barbara
NOVEMBER 7TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.
In the early afternoon a strong north-westerly wind was blowing, with a heavy sea. The motor fishing coble Jean and Barbara was at sea, and at two o’clock the motor life-boat The Cuttle was...
Orient
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumber- land. At 8.28 on the morning of the 9th of October, 1957, the coastguard reported that the motor fishing vessel Orient, of Burnmouth, was aground close to the shore three miles north...
Provider (4)
APRIL 27TH - 29TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE ; ABERYSTWYTH, CARDIGANSHIRE ; PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE ; AND FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE.
While the motor fishing vessel Provider was on passage in ballast from Caernarvon to...
Majestic
At 6 P.M. on the 29th November it was reported that a steamer was ashore on the bar at the entrance to Newhaven Harbour. There was a moderate gale blowing and the tide was low; it was realized therefore that the steamer must be in a...
A Balloon Race
A Balloon Race THE Heston, Isleworth, and Brentford and Chiswick branch of the Institu- tions has held a very successful bazaar.
One of its attractions was a toy balloon race, the third which the branch has arranged. The...
Category: Branches
Coxswain/Asst. Mechanic Brian Patten. Achill Island
Coxswain/Asst. Mechanic Brian Patten.
Achill Island Received the Silver Medal (or u service to a fishing vessel in atrocious weather conditions, "...he pushed the lifeboat lo her limit m ihe hea y sea.' See the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Two Naval Speed Boats
MAY 26TH. GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 12.35 P.M.
a message was received from the Caister alert station that two naval speed boats had gone aground on the Scroby Sand. A light S.S.E.
breeze...
District Conferences
South-West of England.
AT this conference delegates from twenty-two branches and Ladies' Life- boat Guilds in Cornwall, Devonshire and Somerset met at Plymouth on the 22nd March. Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the...
Category: Meetings